Zelda & Loftwing amiibo Impacted By "Unforeseen Shipping Delays" In America

Poor scalpers...NOT!

Well that sucks. What's a few more weeks right? We have been waiting for this game since February

What a joke. I know the shipping delays aren’t Nintendo’s fault, but locking gameplay functionality behind a product they now can’t launch with the game sure was. I was gonna pick one up tomorrow solely for fast travel, but I’ll have the game finished by the time they actually arrive in store. Oh well, saves me $25.

Is there any way they can just “fast travel” the shipments?

Eventually I hope to get one. My son has become a huge Zelda fan ( just beat OoT 3DS today) and I was hoping to get one to add to his Zelda amiibo collection. Good news for scalpers I guess…..

Did someone steal the amiibo truck like when they stole the Wii U truck

Mine shipped. Amazon UK with DHL

Amiibo is crucial for QOL changes in the game. Until Nintendo offers a non-amiibo fix (as amiibos are out of stock until who knows when), I won't purchase this game.

Looks like mine is slated to arrive this weekend, even though I haven't gotten around to getting the actual game yet.

Glad I got my hands on it, but honestly its the Metroid Dread amiibo I really want

Imagine having to wait for a QOL change to ship.

Pretty neat tactic, Nintendo. Now you're delaying micro transactions too!

EDIT: I also think, because of "unforeseen" *****, fast travel should be patched in the game in a future update. You can't pay wall a quality of life feature, then the day before release say, "Remember when we told you it was coming out.. just kidding!" I'm sure it'll show up once everyone has either beaten it or been too frustrated to finish it.

"Crap, it's too limited!!!" XD

Just got mine today here in Mexico. It’s a pretty amiibo. Looks great among my collection of amiibos.

Also, tbh, to everyone who makes such a fuzz about fast travel being locked behind this amiibo. The game worked perfectly before without fast travel…. The game works perfectly today without fast travel.

By the time this thing is finally delivered to your doorstep, you would have been finished with the game already. Hahaha, good job, Nintendo.

At least I have two of them preordered....

Locking a QOL upgrade behind a $25 piece of plastic that they didn’t didn’t produce enough of is trash.

Note to Nintendo: This is just one tiny case in point as to why you DON'T lock in-game features behind separate, physical purchases (entire volumes could be written regarding online business models in general). It already wasn't a good look, and now the spotlight just gets shone in that ugly detail even more.

So even I was fortunate enough to beat off scalpers and their bots and procure one of these Amiibos for myself, I still wouldn't get one. By the time the majority of us receive these (or have the option to actually order one, which I doubt we ever will unless for a triple figure sum on eBay) - we probably will have beaten the game without one of the major updates they've given us in this HD release.

I can only pray Nintendo'll respect their fanbase and revert locking a core gameplay feature behind an unobtainable product. Got more chance of winning the lottery haven't I?

Because the Wii release came with a soundtrack CD and a golden Wiimote... for 60 bucks... and the new version for 60 bucks comes with nothing, this really should have been included in the physical release. At the very least, a coupon for picking one up half off or something

Picked up my pre ordered amiibo today.. omg it's fantastic.

Mines shipped touchwood.

@scannerdarkly7 Mine should be here this afternoon. I had quite enough time to pre-order it. And yes, I did. I think this Amiibo looks awesome for my collection and ofcourse I am going to use it in-game as well (which should be arriving at the same time)

For those that aren’t in the know about these sorts of things, logistics, from anywhere to anywhere else pretty much at the moment, are an absolute nightmare.

The price of booking a container on a ship has increased tenfold China to Europe, in the space of about six months. I know it’s the US in question, but they are seeing the same increases. It’s not just related to Ever Rise (the freighter that got trapped in the Suez Canal) either, it’s all related to movement of containers and the current cross-sector shortage or materials (plastics, steels as well as semiconductors) that are driving the insanity.

Full sympathy with Nintendo on this issue, as I can guarantee they aren’t the only ones fighting against the tide when it comes to product availability.

This Amiibo were available for download already 2-3 days ago.

Luckily mine turned up with my game and joycons today (Australian amazon)

It's definitely funny how the fast travel function didn't get to travel fast.

At this rate nobody will get that cheat code.

There should now be a DLC option for those who want fast travel.
$5 would be fair, but many of us would have paid the $25 so who knows?

@LinktotheFuture I wonder if the delay is intentional to get the scalpers in trouble with eBay — though given how quickly they post them with respect to the delivery date, they are probably already violating eBay's Terms of Service (which I believe requires delivery/availability within 30 days).

@topher6490 Seriously. It is a good thing, right? For me, at least, the price of amiibo is only palatable for both the functionality and the little physical memento from a favorite game. Take one away, and I'll live without it just fine. I mean... maybe I didn't need three yarn Yoshi amiibo... I'm still susceptible to a bit of collector sickness.

Bought an NFC Coin with this functionality from ebay. If I manage to get the actual amiibo I'll probably just keep it in the box at this point. Being a Nintendo fan can be really weird sometimes.

It should be interesting. I actually received a shipping notice and tracking number yesterday from an infamous American gaming retailer.

@RandomNerds Nintendo really should still release amiibo cards for a fraction of the price with a cool piece of artwork and a little NFC inside. Potential abounds with sets, additional cards to use them in a card game (or two or three), blind packs — but please no on that one.

@aaronsullivan I'm still stuck on "unforeseen" 18 months into a worldwide pandemic that has slowed down shipping to and from practically every port in the world. It wasn't "unforeseen", it's "your logistics people have their heads up their...". There is stuff sitting 3 weeks waiting in China to get on boats, and stuff waiting a week to get off boats on the west coast. Nothing about shipping delays is unforseen. They saw it, they just can't admit it they're powerless to do anything about it, c except paying for air freight, which cheapskate Nintendo obviously isn't going to do for amiibo.

@aaronsullivan I'd be onboard for that, would probably buy the amiibo and the card in fact.

Not to mention the debacle when it comes to pre-order omg both this amiibo and the Metroid 5: Dread amiibo!

Some stores don't even get allocated any for pre-order.
Stores put them up for pre-order at random times on random days.
Some stores take a few days longer than others to put up the pre-order

Next : Amiibo is required to save your game

Mine arrived yesterday, I've copied the data to an NFC chip (so I have it if I decide to grab the game) and its off to ebay for the toy.

I was first in line at a freestanding GameStop Plus store (they usually get a large % of the merch) when they opened up and they said they only got one set of the joycons and 0 of the loftwing amiibos. I felt bad being the only one in line to get anything.

This whole Zelda release has left a sour taste in my mouth for several reasons: The port being extremely lazy for full price, features being locked behind a paywall, and stock shortages. Nintendo needs to do better than this.

I had it preordered on Amazon and it said it hasn’t shipped yet. Guess that explains it. Good thing is, I didn’t need it before on the Wii version. Probably won’t make a big difference now. I was able to finally order the joycon yesterday, that’ll be late too. I currently can’t pick the paid off game up because somehow my wife and I were hit with Covid-19. And I’m quarantined. My birthday is July 30, looks like I may end up having to actually wait until closer to my birthday to enjoy any of this.

I’m hanging in there ok. Just missing lots of work. First few nights were the scariest. May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce. You all be careful.

FeDex just delivered mine but my folks got it since I am at work currently right now. Will have to check to be sure it's the one.

Got mine directly from Nintendo UK today. Such a gorgeous sculpt. She is staying on the card though.

Also, good to see the children are still crying over the functionality of the amiibo. Maybe get good at the game and you will see you don't need what the amiibo does.

I got mine with the game yesterday!

Grateful the delay didn’t effect me this time!

Any further explanation of "unforeseen" is not given? Would be interesting to get more details on this.